Big Harp - You Can't Save Em All lyrics

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Every rooftop unsteady on its studs

Every rolled ankle leaning on its crutch

Every old drunk stumbling backwards

Searching for the wall

And every palm tree doubled over in the wind

Every man on the street looking sallow and thin

Every broke leg race horse chewing on the gates of his stall

And every yachtsman with a million in a bank

Afloat on the sea like a flake in a tank

Tying his wrist to the wheel in the face of a storm

You can’t save ‘em all

Oh, you can’t save ‘em all

You got to choose

Who to let fall

We’re down in the mine

Behind them ivy walls

They’re crying, but Lord

Don’t you know?

You can’t save ‘em all

Every old man folded in his chair

Talking and laughing with nobody there

Pressing his lips to a phone that don’t nobody call

Every shit car pulling back on the road

Squealing its tiers and gunning for a home

Leaving behind it some shit

Baby, too new to crawl

You can’t save ‘em all

Oh, you can’t save ‘em all

You got to choose

Who to let fall

We’re down in the mine

Behind them ivy walls

They’re crying, but Lord

Don’t you know?

You can’t save ‘em all

Every innocent head for a god

Down on her knees surrendered in awe

Robbing in front of the prophet who holds her in front

You can’t save ‘em all

Oh, you can’t save ‘em all

You got to choose

Who you let fall

We’re down in the mine

Behind them ivy walls

They’re crying, but Lord

Don’t you know?

You can’t save ‘em all

Thanks to livingreflection for correcting these lyrics